Over the last few months, our gallery challenged Jon Garcia to create value-oriented, wood-turned CURIOS from his inventory of exotic woods.

Jon came thru and made several timeless objects with new twists from his turns. If only Jon had embarked on his latest journey, earlier in time, he might have changed the course of history in several ways. Please consider the following possibilities:

~ Ideal Toys when they produced their "Battling Tops" kids’ game in the 1960s didn't use Jon Garcia's Spinning Tops.

~ Henry Aaron when he broke Babe Ruth's homerun record didn't use a Jon Garcia baseball bat made from Imbuia.

~ When Sam Malone opened a beer for Norm at Cheers in the 1980s, he didn't use Jon Garcia's Bottle Opener.

~ When Jim Carrey got a haircut to star in the movie "Dumb and Dumber", he didn't have access to one of Jon Garcia's bowls to enhance his "look".

Jon's "Tree Creations" could have helped all in the aforementioned instances.

All kidding aside, are you now curious about Jon's CURIOS? If you are, come visit us on Friday night, January 4th, and see them for yourself!

Palette Contemporary Art and Craft is located at 7400 Montgomery Blvd.NE in Albuquerque's Northeast Heights between Louisiana and Pennsylvania Blvds. Our gallery hours are 10AM-6PM MST during Monday thru Saturday. For more information, please contact us by phone at 505-855-7777 or e-mail via palettetoo@qwestoffice.net . Our artwork can also be viewed at www.palettecontemporary.com .